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a technology for media items and groups, applied in the field of media devices, can solve the problems of inability to manage the media assets of the host computer, the inability of the host computer to store media assets, and the disadvantage of users who want to manage the media assets provided on the media player
Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-07
APPLE INC
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Often, the amount of media assets at the host computer exceeds the storage capacity of the media player.
In particular, if the media player is not connected to the host computer, then the media player is not a media source and, therefore, its media assets cannot be managed at the host computer.
This can be a disadvantage for users that want to manage the media assets provided on the media player from the host computer.
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[0030]The invention pertains to improved techniques to utilize and manage a group of media items (or media assets) on a computing device. The group of media items can be utilized and managed at a host computer for the host computer as well as a media device (e.g., media player) that can couple to the host computer. One popular example of a group of media items is known as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks.
[0031]One another aspect of the invention pertains to a graphical user interface that enables a user to trade-off storage capacity of a media device between media asset storage and non-media asset storage. Another aspect of the invention pertains to a graphical user interface that assists a user with selecting media items to fill a group of media items. Still another aspect of the invention pertains to providing a persistent media device playlist at a host computer. The persistent media device playlist represents a playlist dedicated to a media device that ca...
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Improved techniques to utilize and manage a group of media items (or media assets) on a computing device are disclosed. The group of media items can be utilized and managed at a host computer for the host computer as well as a media device (e.g., media player) that can couple to the host computer. One popular example of a group of media items is know as a playlist, which can pertain to a group of audio tracks. One aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that enables a user to trade-off storage capacity of a media device between media asset storage and data storage. Another aspect pertains to a graphical user interface that assists a user with selecting media items to fill a group of media items. Still another aspect pertains to providing a persistent media device playlist at a host computer. Yet still another aspect pertains to imposing capacity limits to a playlist, such as a media device playlist.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 642,334, filed Jan. 7, 2005, and entitled “MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR GROUPS OF MEDIA ITEMS,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.[0002]This application is related to: (i) U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 097,034, filed concurrently, and entitled “PERSISTENT GROUP OF MEDIA ITEMS FOR A MEDIA DEVICE,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (ii) U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 973,925, filed Oct. 25, 2004, and entitled “MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPE SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN HOST COMPUTER AND MEDIA DEVICE,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference; (iii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 833,879, filed Apr. 27, 2004, and entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING PLAYLISTS,” which is hereby incorporated by reference herein; (iv) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 833,399, filed Apr. 27, 2004, and entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURABLE AUTOMATIC MEDIA SELECTI...
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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06N3/00
CPCG11B27/105G11B27/34G11B2220/65G11B2220/61
Inventor HELLER, DAVIDROBBIN, JEFFREY L.JOBS, STEVEN P.WASKO, TIMOTHYMILLER, JEFF